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The programme combined an intensive
study of the theory and practice of
business management and its issues in
the 21st century for the industry’s young
blood – both label printers and their
suppliers. They were provided with a
perspective that went well beyond the
normal boundaries of running and
provisioning the small-to-middle-sized
enterprises that make up the major part
of the self-adhesive label industry.
Drawing together around 50 owners and
managers from 16 countries and 5
continents, representing both label
converters and supplier companies, the
FINAT 1st YMC Global Congress opened
with cocktails and dinner in the hotel –
an opportunity for delegates to meet
each other and network.
Formal proceedings the next morning
– after YMC board meetings –
commenced with an address that set the
label associations in the YMC arena, and
in the FINAT ‘parent’ YMC organisation.
It now has 67 members, and continues
to grow.
THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS:
‘LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE’
An eye-opening
interactive session,
‘Managing people --
leadership and
decision making’,
was led by Prof Dr
Isabell Welpe, chair
of strategy and
organisation at the
Technical University of Munich (D).
‘Organisations do not produce products:
they produce decisions’, she stated, and
went on to illustrate the truth of this
statement with real-life case histories of
good and bad decision making. The
sinking of the Titanic and the nuclear
disaster at Fukushima were among
examples of the result of a series of
wrong decisions. The recent dramatic
and successful Hudson River plane
landing, plus Decca’s fortuitous signing
of the Rolling Stones were two examples
she cited of good decision-making.
Some wrong decisions are unavoidable,
but others are definitely avoidable, Dr
Welpe explained. She urged
participants – as leaders in their
organisations -- to fine-tune their
decision-making processes to identify
RETROSPECT 1ST YMC GLOBAL CONGRESS 2012, BERLIN, GERMANY
EMPOWERING TOMORROW’S LEADERS IN THE SELF-ADHESIVE LABEL INDUSTRY
‘YOUNG MANAGERS,
LET’S CHALLENGE THE FUTURE’
There is more to running a profitable, successful, and growing business in the self-adhesive labelling arena than
mastering the technical practicalities. This was the overriding message for delegates attending FINAT’s Young
Managers’ Club’s first-ever global congress, 28-30 November 2012, in Berlin.
agenda from the YMC chairman,
Francesc Egea, Assistant General
Manager of Spanish label converting
specialists IPE – Innovaciones para
Etiquetajes. ‘There is a lot of change
around our industry today – changing
technology, changing end user markets,
new economies, and changing customer
needs,’ he said. ‘We have to be flexible,
and adapt our companies accordingly.’
He went on to highlight the co-operation
of the label associations of the USA,
India, and Germany, which had enabled
the organisation of an innovative event
whose dual purpose was to provide for
participants – who represent tomorrow’s
industry leaders – both focused
management training and a networking
environment to help build international
and inter-company relationships.
Congress moderator Peter Dhondt,
Cerm, (BEL), introduced presentations
profiling the activities of the regional
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